i was delighted I had offended her upholstered sensibilities.

But even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.

I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.

The desolate narrowness, the definitive thinness of experience is both the vainglory and the dead giveaway of a provincial man.

It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

There are many sadnesses in the hearts of men who are far away from their countries.

The Need to Read"Reading books remains one of the best ways to engage with the world, become a better person and understand life’s questions, big and small.

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

I would like to talk about some of the things that happened that made me know that there was something wrong in the south from a child.

I love to sing, and I love to talk to people at meet-and-greets.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?